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re "i wonder why he didn't sing the original words":actually, he did, they are Cohen's words. Leonard Cohen originally wrote over 80 verses for this song, settled on 15, and recorded it/performs it with about seven or eight- and not always the same seven or eight. Cohen himself has apparently never settled on a final version of the song- which is wonderful, there's so much to choose from in interpreting it. Jeff picked from original Cohen verses- he just picked the ones that meant the most to him. One of the great things about this song is that it DOES have so many potential different meanings and interpretations.

Anonymous

I wonder why he didn't sing the original words?
He's made it mean something different.